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Definition of Anisotropic
1. Adjective. Not invariant with respect to direction. "Anisotropic crystals"
Definition of Anisotropic
1. Adjective. (physics) Having properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anisotropic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Anisotropic
1. Describes a structure whose appearance varies with the angle of observation. (12 Nov 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anisotropic
Literary usage of Anisotropic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"CHAPTER V anisotropic MEDIA 47. Single Refraction and Double Refraction. ...
These substances are called anisotropic. If a beam of light, ..."
2. Elementary Chemical Microscopy by Emile Monnin Chamot (1921)
"The Refractive Index of anisotropic Substances. — Crystals are either isotropic
or anisotropic. In isotropic crystals light rays are refracted to an equal ..."
3. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"This indicates that it is the dim bands which are doubly refractive, anisotropic,
or are chiefly made up of anisotropic substance ; there seems however to ..."
4. Comparative Electro-physiology: A Physico-physiological Study by Jagadis Chandra Bose (1907)
"... ORGANS anisotropic organs—Laws of response in anisotropic organs—Natural
current of rest and current of response—Reversal of natural current of ..."
5. The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism by Henry William Watson, Samuel Hawsley Burbury (1889)
"anisotropic Media. 520.] We now proceed to the case of anisotropic media. In any
such medium we have generally three different values of K, ..."
6. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by Éleuthère Élie Nicolas Mascart, Jules François Joubert (1883)
"Consider an anisotropic body in a uniform field. , Let k, k', k" be the three
principal coefficients of magnetisation, and A, A', A" the cosines of the ..."
7. The Microscope in Theory and Practice by Karl Wilhelm Naegeli, Simon Schwendener (1892)
"THE ACTION OF anisotropic CRYSTALLOID BODIES, VIEWED SEPARATELY. WE will now
investigate the phenomena which anisotropic crystalloid bodies produce in ..."
8. Elements of Physics by Fernando Sanford (1902)
"Isotropic and anisotropic Bodies.—Bodies in which all physical properties are
the same in all directions through the body are said to be Isotropic. ..."
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